Recruiting 100 Audience Members for Mapo Cultural Foundation M Classic Festival Main Concert

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] The Mapo Cultural Foundation is recruiting 100 online audience members for the main concert of the 5th Mapo M Classic Festival, titled 'Classical Music, Singing Hope.'

The main concert, 'Classical Music, Singing Hope,' is an audience participation performance where 100 online viewers communicate through screens. For this event, the Mapo Cultural Foundation will install a 670-inch giant LED panel stage in the gymnasium of the Mapo Art Center and use cutting-edge technologies such as AR (Augmented Reality) to present a fantastic stage where over 100 members of the Mapo-gu Community Choir M Choir and performers unite on an online stage.

The 100 online audience members will be connected via a video conferencing program. They can watch the performance live and view it during the 100-minute performance time (7:30 PM to 9:10 PM). They must also participate in the video rehearsal on the day of the performance. Applications are accepted individually or as groups, and participants can join from their preferred location via PC or mobile device.

'Classical Music, Singing Hope' features pianist Lim Dong-hyuk, soprano Kathleen Kim, tenor Kim Hyun-soo, baritone Kim Joo-taek, and the Millennium Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Choi Young-sun), performing together with the 100 online audience members. The concert can be viewed on Naver TV at 7:30 PM on September 26.

Song Je-yong, CEO of the Mapo Cultural Foundation, explained, "Performances are created by artists and audiences becoming one. Due to COVID-19, non-face-to-face performances have increased, but even professional performers find it unfamiliar and difficult to perform on a stage without an audience. Audiences also find less enjoyment just watching performances through screens. The 100 online audience members participating in the main concert will actively engage in the performance and communicate in real-time through the video program."

For more details, please visit the Mapo Cultural Foundation website. Applications for online audience members will be accepted until the 18th.

The 5th Mapo M Classic Festival will be held in a non-face-to-face digital contact format from September 16 to October 15.

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